Biographies

Margaret Henderson, a consultant physician to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1981, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1976 for her services to medicine. She enjoyed a long association with the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the capacity of honorary physician from 1947-1975 and specialist physician from 1976-1981. She was also consultant physician at the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women from 1959. During World War II she served as a captain in the Australian Military Forces from 1941-42. She completed her medical training at the University of Melbourne, graduating MB BS in 1931 and MD in 1941. She was a Fellow of Janet Clarke Hall, at the University of Melbourne from 1966.

Dr. Margaret Henderson joined the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a resident in 1939. In 1959 she became the first woman to be appointed honorary physician by the hospital.
Dr Henderson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 12 June 1976, for her services to medicine.
In 2005 she was made a Consultant Emeritus by the Melbourne Health Board.

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Career position - Junior Research Officer at the Medical Research Council

Career position - Australian Military Forces captain

Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Career position - Consultant Physician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Career position - Specialist Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Career position - Member of the Management Committee of the Royal District Nursing Service

Career position - Consultant Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Career position - Vice-President of the Royal District Nursing Service

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001) Wednesday 13 January 1915 [Issue No.6] p 133

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